Llama Lounge 27: The AI Startup Event Series @ SAP

Thursday, November 5
5:00 – 8:30 PM
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, California, US
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About event

  • Event Founder: Jeremiah Owyang, Blitzscaling Ventures (Linkedin).
  • Ten AI Startups on demo floor, networking, food & bev.
  • Gov ID required for entry. Must be registered and approved.

Primary Audience: AI Leaders: -AI Founders: CEOs of AI Startups (majority) -Investors who back them: VCs, CVCs -Corporate AI Decision Makers -See list below


Llama Lounge Agenda: 5:00PM: -Doors open. meet 10 AI startups

6:30pm: -Conch Call* and Kickoff: Jeremiah Owyang (3 min) -Welcome Remarks: SAP (5min) -10 AI startup pitches -Group photo by Erick Davidson (1 min) -Return to demo floors, networking

8:30pm: Event concludes

Meet 10 AI Startups: Pitch and Demo Tables

Startup Pitch Emcee: Chris Yeh, coauthor of Blitzscaling and Founding Partner of Blitzscaling Ventures AI Startups to Pitch and Demo: Alfa: AI prospecting that gets you introduced Chomp: Human judgment data for people and agents Eloquent AI: Show it once. Automate it forever Fluix: Autonomous AI unlocking power for Data Centers Greta: Digital patient advocate for the exam room Hammock: Health insurance for start ups (a16z, Blitzscaling) Mainwave: Build massive outcomes enabled by AI (J2 Ventures) Satlyt: Control plane for virtual AI orbital datacenters (Antler) Scaledrive: Provably safe physical AI for industrial robots Thread: Forward-deployed agents that get merchants live (500 Global) Thruline: AI-native ERP platform for heavy manufacturing Truxt: The control plane for AI-driven engineering OPEN Demo Slot: Apply to demo Meet the SAP team at their table Apply to demo at future events

Appeared in Forbes. The Atlantic, AdWeek, Techcrunch, and TED AI.

Startups can apply to be featured on the demo floor, applications will be considered for the multiple future events that are being planned. Minimum of 3/10 demo slots reserved for women founders, last few events were at parity.

About Llama Lounge: The AI Startup Event Series Since April 2023. We feature lightning talks from leading CEOs, government leaders, and industry thought leaders—alongside 10 AI startup pitches and a demo floor for personal demos and relationship-building with AI founders, investors, and corporate AI leaders. The event has been hosted at: Google, AWS, Microsoft, Zoom, GenLab, Stanford, SAP, Canopy, Capgemini, Hanahaus, and birthed at Sunset Squares.

  • Watch 1-min drone video of Llama Lounge
  • See photos and posts of prior events.
  • Logo by Sightbox
  • Mentioned in Forbes. The Atlantic, AdWeek, and Techcrunch
  • A signature conch audio call signals event kickoff
  • Group photos by ErickD
  • No relation to Meta. #LlamaLounge

VCs and Investors Registered for This Event: Blitzscaling Ventures 2468 Ventures 500 Global AB Plus Ventures Agate Hound Fund Alchemist Accelerator Alumni Ventures Angel Hub Ventures Angel Launch Astra Ventures Autotech Ventures Band of Angels Bosch Ventures Converge VC Cota Capital Deep Frontier Ventures Dnipro VC ECVC Elevation ENEOS Innovation Partners Entrepreneurs First Esalen Ventures Exposition Ventures Five Mounts Capital Future Energy Ventures G2C Ventures Galaxy Ventures Ganas VC Grayscale Ventures Great Filter Ventures Hands On Venture Hat-Trick Capital Heinz Ventures Icon Ventures InMotion Ventures (Jaguar Land Rover) Iolar Ventures IOVC JMoon Ventures Jolly VC KFC Ventures Maxitech Mirae Asset MIT Angels Mission Y Partnership MUFG Innovation Partners N2N Capital N47 Navis Capital NFX Orange Collective Outpost Capital Pitlane VC Plug and Play PodiumVC Precursor Ventures Presidio Ventures PTTEP ARV Riceberg Ventures Rubicon Technology Partners Samsung NEXT Ventures Sand Hill Angels Shucker VC SK Telecom Ventures Sony Ventures Starlite VC Startup Foundry SV Venture Group Synexis Ventures Tiger Eyes Capital TSV Capital UpScaleX Venrock Year Zero Yushan Ventures YZi Labs Z Venture Capital ZAKA VC More to come

Corporate AI Leaders, who Partner with AI Startups, Registered for This Event: SAP: Multiple roles and leaders see below Accenture: AI Engineer Acquia: Engineer Adobe: AI TA Lead from Corporate Adobe: GTM Strategy Adobe: Principal, Incubator Product Strategy Adobe: Sr. Director Amazon: Applied Scientist Amazon: General Manager Amazon Web Services (AWS): Engineer Amazon Web Services (AWS): Startup Solutions Architect, Frontier AI Apple: AI Engineer Apple: Corporate AI Leader Apple: Founder, Corporate Apple: Sr. Program Manager Ascension: Product Black Duck: Principal Enterprise Architect Booz Allen Hamilton: Generative AI Engineer Lead Box: Sr. Product Manager, AI Agents ByteDance: Partnerships and Solutions Circle: VP, Product Cisco: Product Manager Clover: CPO Coupa: Product Manager Deloitte: Manager Denso: Director Dolby Laboratories: Engineering Manager Extreme Networks: Director, Content Marketing Strategy First Citizens Innovation Banking (formerly Silicon Valley Bank): Managing Director Fiverr: Head of AI Labs Google: AI Leader Google: Data Scientist Google: Global Leader Google: Software Engineer Google: Sr. Consultant Google: Sr. Engineer Google: Staff FDE Google: SWE AI Google: TPM Google Cloud: Partnerships HarperCollins: Sr. Manager, Solutions Hyundai Motor Co: Sr. Manager IBM: Product Executive Intuit: Engineer Intuit: Principal Intuit: Product Intuit: Product Manager Intuit: Staff Customer Experience JLL: Director of AI & Innovation KDDI: Investor LexisNexis Risk Solutions: Sr. AI Engineer LinkedIn: Sr. AI Engineer Lucid: Sr. Sourcing Manager Maersk: Sr. Manager, Strategic Transformation Marubeni America Corporation: Assistant General Manager, Silicon Valley Branch Mazda Motor Corporation: Innovation & New Ventures Microsoft: Principal Microsoft: Software Engineer Microsoft: VC and Strategic Startup Partnerships, Head of US West Mitsubishi HC Capital America: Vice President Mitsubishi Research Institute: Sr. Manager NAVER: CVC Leader NTT Finance Corporation: Investor Nutanix: Sr. Product Manager NVIDIA: AI Analysis and Intelligence Lead Builder NVIDIA: Startup Partnerships OpenText: Lead Software Engineer Oracle: Architect Oracle: Lead Principal Engineer Oracle: Sr. MTS Oracle: Sr. Principal Engineer Orbbec USA: President of US Operations PayPal: Corporate AI Leader Qualcomm: Sr. Director, Head of CPU Software RealPage: SVP of AI Reddit: Sr. Software Engineer RingCentral: Head of Ventures and M&A RingCentral: VP of AI Product Samsung: Head of Conversational AI Developer Relations Samsung: Sr. Staff Research SAP: AI Engineering Manager SAP: CPO, Product Lead SAP: Data Science and AI Leader SAP: Global VP SAP: GVP Product SAP: Machine Learning Engineer SAP: Principal Software Architect SAP: Sr. Architect SAP: Sr. Director of Engineering, SuccessFactors SAP: Strategic AI & Data Partnerships SAP: VP of Product, Agentic Experience SAP: VP, Product Management SAP: VP, Product Marketing SAP: VP, Strategic AI Partnerships Schaeffler: Head of Open Innovation ServiceNow: Sr. Principal AI Architect Snowflake: Head of Startups, North America Stanford Medicine: AI & Data Engineer Tech Mahindra: CTO, TME Tesla: Sr. Manager, Software Engineering Tesla: Sr. SWE Toyota InfoTech Labs: Principal Researcher, AI and Cybersecurity for Autonomous Mobility Verizon: Director, Edge and AI Innovation Lab ViaPath Technologies: SVP Tablets and Hardware Volkswagen Group of America: Open Innovation and Product Lead, AI Initiatives Walmart: Product Manager Walmart: Sr. Data Scientist Wells Fargo: Product Manager Workato: VP Engineering, Enterprise Search Zenni Optical: Voice of Customer Manager ZoomInfo: Enterprise AI Architect Zuora: Head of AI, Commerce, Experiences More to come

Above: Llama Lounge attendees by role, Spring 2026.

Above: Llama Lounge 26 at Microsoft

Above: Llama Lounge 25 at Stanford

Above: Llama Lounge 24 at Google

Above: Llama Lounge 23 Hackathon at Snowflake

Above: Llama Lounge 22 at AWS

Above: Llama Lounge 21 with Capgemini with Techcrunch Disrupt

Above: Llama Lounge 20 with Swisscom

Above Photo: Llama Lounge 19 at SAP Palo Alto

Above Photo: Llama Lounge 18 at Zoom

Above Photo: Llama Lounge 17 at Stanford

Above: Llama Lounge 16 at AWS in SF

Above: Llama Lounge 15 at GenLab with Disrupt in SF

Above: Llama Lounge 14 at SAP in SF

Above: Llama Lounge 13 at Capgemini in SF

Above: Llama Lounge 12 at CANOPY in SF

Above: Llama Lounge 11 at AWS in SF

Above: Llama Lounge 10 at Hanahaus in Palo Alto

Above: Llama Lounge 9 at Capgemini in SF

Above: Llama Lounge 8 at GenLab in SF


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